Crisis and Crossfire

The United States and the Middle East Since 1945

Peter L. Hahn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2025 | Second Edition
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-64012-577-3 (ISBN)

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Crisis and Crossfire traces the origins of the contemporary challenges facing the United States in the Middle East by analyzing the broad contours of U.S. policy in the region since the government’s first involvement there in the 1940s. Peter L. Hahn evaluates U.S. policy in the context of such global phenomena as the Cold War and the multipolar international order that emerged in the early 2000s. He explains how the United States has tried, with varying degrees of success, to curtail, modify, and channel Arab and Iranian nationalist movements to serve U.S. interests.

Crisis and Crossfire examines the U.S. approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict through eight decades, exploring the interstate wars of the 1940s–1980s, the quests to make peace in the 1970s–2010s, and the enduring strife between Israel and Palestine. Hahn details how the United States has assumed growing responsibility for regional stability and security in the Middle East since World War II, culminating in involvement in the Gulf War to liberate Kuwait and the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. This second edition provides an objective explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian Gaza War; the U.S. stand-off with Iran; the proxy wars in Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, and Syria; the threat of terrorism; and related topics.

Peter L. Hahn is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. He is the author of seven books on the history of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East, including Missions Accomplished? The United States and Iraq since World War I.

List of Illustrations

Note on the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

1. National Security: The Genesis of U.S. Involvement in the Middle East

2. Into the Middle of a Fight: The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict to 1961

3. Tumultuous Decades: Nationalism and Counterrevolution, 1950s–1960s

4. Unending Controversy: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1961–1989

5. Revolution, War, and Terrorism: The Middle East at Center Stage, 1970s–1980s

6. Peace Process: The U.S. Approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1990–2009

7. Escalating Conflicts: The Gulf War, the Menace of Terrorism, and the Invasion of Afghanistan, 1990–2006

8. War of Choice or War of Necessity? The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, 2001–2009

9. The Retreat from Peace: Israel, Palestine, and the Arab World since 2009

10. Mirage: The Pursuit of Middle East Security in the Early 2000s

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.02.2025
Zusatzinfo	27 photographs, 3 maps, index
Verlagsort	Dulles
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-64012-577-9 / 1640125779
ISBN-13	978-1-64012-577-3 / 9781640125773
Zustand	Neuware